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techcrunch.com

This story made the rounds a few days ago but I think generally it’s something more people should know. During a visit to the very expensive and not very nice Times Square Marriott, Justin Watt noticed a strange bar at the top of his blog’s home page. He had recently...

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The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a program to certify products that support TDLS (Tunneled Direct Link Setup), a technology that allows devices to automatically create a link between each other after accessing a wireless network, removing the need to transmit data through the access point, and avoiding delays caused by...

www.engadget.com

Option's XYFI (pronounced ex-WiFi) was announced earlier this week with little fanfare but piqued our interest with its claim to being the world's smallest personal hotspot. We had an opportunity to look and discuss it at a quiet table at MWC today, a nice change from a showy booth....

www.itworld.com

Cisco Systems developed its latest enterprise access point with corporate bring-your-own-device policies in mind, aiming to give tablets and smartphones as well as traditional workplace devices strong and consistent performance.read more...

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In practice, most Wi-Fi routers offer much less than their advertised speeds. Although I’ve seen some fast throughput in my time, most of the gear we use is rated for much higher than network traffic will allow. Some researchers at NC State University , however, have figured out a way,...

9to5google.com

Following the leaked images of the Nexus 7 tablet from Google, new leaked images, posted by The Verge, point to an announcement of a new Nexus Q device. The feature-set or the purpose of this new device is not clear from the images, but DroidLife reports on some possible...

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Singapore-based mobile rewards platform Gimmie has closed a SG$639,000 (circa US$520,000) round of investment led by local firm Wave Maker Labs, in partnership with the National Research Foundation, Tech In Asia reports. The funding is being raised to help the company expand across Southeast Asia and, with that in mind, Jakarta-based Ideosource also participated in the...

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You can thank the WiFi alliance for a number of things, and soon you can add TDLS to that list. That's Tunneled Direct Link Setup, if you were wondering, and it's a standard for creating direct links between devices. If this sounds familiar, that's understandable, but TDLS has its...

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Koss has unveiled a new line of headphones called Striva that let you wirelessly stream music over Wi-Fi. The headphones can access audio streams over the internet (which can be organized into easily accessible channels using MyKoss.com), but also come with a tiny device called a CAP (content access...

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Slow Wi-Fi connections in public places such as airports and cafes could be a thing of the past, thanks to researchers at North Carolina State University who have developed a new protocol that could speed up connections by up to 700 percent. Wi-Fi connection speeds can become sluggish when...

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Gartner says that some businesses may need three times as many Wi-Fi access points. (Photo: Flickr/ Lisa Thumann Are Apple’s iPads about to overwhelm corporate networks? The research firm Gartner says that unless businesses plan for it, they could require three times the amount of wireless coverage in order to...

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Remember Yotaphone, the twin-display Android smartphone (color LCD in front, e-ink in back)? Today at CTIA in Las Vagas, Yota devices, the company behind the innovative handset, introduced Ruby, a sleek LTE hotspot with a small e-ink screen. We don't usually get too excited about such devices, but Ruby...

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Facebook used to build the future, but since the mobile era began it’s been chasing what’s next — buying Instagram, reskinning Beluga as Messenger, copying Snapchat as Poke, and now getting beat to animated photos by Twitter’s Vine and Cinemagram. If Facebook doesn’t bust out its crystal ball, it could...

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The prevalence of free, open WiFi has made it rather easy for a WiFi eavesdropper to steal your identity cookie for the websites you visit while you're connected to that WiFi access point. This is something I talked about in Breaking the Web's Cookie Jar. It's difficult to fix...

arstechnica.com

The four-way handshake, in which a wireless device validates itself to a WiFi access point and vice versa. Wikipedia.org Last week's feature explaining why passwords are under assault like never before touched a nerve with many Ars readers, and with good reason. After all, passwords are the keys that...

venturebeat.com

Streaming music service Pandora has updated its popular Android app with a new interface, song lyrics, play history, and more. Pandora’s new Android helps it stay competitive in the busy digital music landscape. With more than 50 million installs of the Android app in the U.S., it has a...

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An image of the Nexus 7 tablet was just spotted on Google's internal servers, but it now appears there's another device that Google will announce at its annual developer conference today: the Nexus Q, an Android home media center. A landing page for the Nexus Q has also appeared on...

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Facebook has been making some efforts to grow new business areas beyond advertising in areas like Gifts and Facebook Credits in apps, but so far the company has failed to convert that into meaningful growth. The company today reported Q4 revenues of $256 million for payments — which includes services...

thenextweb.com

A team of researchers from Cambridge University say they have found evidence that a Chinese-manufactured chip used by US armed forces contains a secret access point that leaves it vulnerable to third party tampering. The researchers tested an unspecified US military chip — used in weapons, nuclear power plants to public...

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iPad 3G Unboxing is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS FeedYes, it’s another iPad unboxing! It’s pretty much like a regular ol’ iPad unboxing, but 3G’ier. There’s really not much to see in an Apple product unboxing, though....

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Koss may be known for its budget-minded offerings in the headphone space, but today it's announced something to shake things up a bit. Falling under the Striva moniker, Koss has created what it claims to be the first lineup of headphones to use "WiFi technology that receives music directly...

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Qualcomm Atheros expects that the next-generation of WiFi wireless networking will roll out in a smoother manner than past industry transitions and with less confusion for consumers. The new 802.11ac technology, also known as 5G WiFi, promises blazing fast internet access that is several times faster than today’s existing network...

thenextweb.com

Swedish entrepreneur Robert Wahlström, former partner and head of business development of online payment solutions company Klarna, has landed more than $2 million in funding from angel investors for his new gig, Kivra. Although the website and service are currently available only in Swedish, the startup’s solution merits a look....

gigaom.com

U.K. operator O2 has launched a new free-to-use outdoor Wi-Fi hotspot network in London, just in time for the Olympics. The scope of the network isn’t big – only 100 access points compared to the 1,500 BT is installing for the Olympics – and it’s centered London’s high-tourism West End....

www.networkworld.com

Cisco Systems developed its latest enterprise access point with corporate bring-your-own-device policies in mind, aiming to give tablets and smartphones as well as traditional workplace devices strong and consistent performance....

venturebeat.com

Finding an identity all its own, Gigya, a six-year-old startup powering the social functionality behind brand name applications and reaching more than a billion people each month, has raised $15.3 million in its fifth round of funding. Condé Nast owner Advance Publications and Adobe joined existing investors Mayfield Fund,...

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A router is the heart of your network, so it deserves to be chosen carefully. Any router will share your Internet connection amongst your computers and other networkable devices (smartphones, tablets, and so on), but better models provide features that will enhance your network and its performance. Whether you're...

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Video is the new audio. With more emotion, more nuance, and more effective real-time communication, videoconferencing is growing at a 20 percent annual rate in business. But that’s not fast enough for Vidyo, the company that Google tapped for the technology behind Google+ Hangouts. To accelerate growth of the videoconferencing...

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Microsoft has started to issue its monthly Patch Tuesday updates to Windows RT today. Surface RT users will notice 11 updates in Windows Update, addressing some security issues and updating Windows RT and Office 2013 RT. A Microsoft support rep has also confirmed that the updates include improvements to...